March 2009

March 31, 2009

Back again!Don't get spoiled because this won't happen again this week!! LOL!!! It is turning out to be another busy week! My Jacksonbelle Tuesday card is in my post below or you can see it HERE!

Do you want to know why I don't have as much time to stamp??? Here is a picture of a couple of the reasons why I get so sidetracked ~OMG, are they cute or what??? There are 8 of them and they are ALL cute! I thought OJ (the Orange one) looks like he is smiling. The boys went to football practice last night and Mary and I sat in the mudroom and played with the kittens!! I got some really cute pictures.

My card is based on today's color challenge at SCS which is to use Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red and Pink Pirouette. Here is my card ~The base of this card is Riding Hood Red with a mat of Pink Pirouette and then Chocolate Chip. I stamped the beautiful Queen Anne's Lace stamp from Serendipity Stamps on Whisper White using Chocolate Chip ink. I colored the leaves and flowers using a blender pen and Pink Pirouette & Old Olive ink pads. I colored the butterfly using Prismacolor Pencils. I punched the bottom of the white panel using my SU! scalloped border punch and added a small strip of Riding Hood Red under the scallops. I added a strip of DS Pink Pirouette paper just above the scallops and added white organdy ribbon with a little knot of Riding Hood Red ribbon. I also added some red crystals to the centers of the flowers as well as adding Pixie Dust Shimmerz to the flowers and butterfly. I also added Ivory Flower Soft to the Queen Anne's Lace using my Quickie Glue Pen. Here is a close up of the Flower Soft ~Now, I'm off to go play with the kittens....I mean clean my house and run some errands!!! LOL!!! Have a great day!

Oh my gosh, my card today took WAY too long to make!! LOL!!! I hate when that happens!! Anyway, our challenge today is a card...Spring, Easter, anything!!! LOL!!! Here is my 12 hour card ~So, what do you think of my Bling Bird?? LOL!!! You don't see too many of these flying around your neighborhood now do you?!?!? The base of my card is Whisper White with a mat of Basic Black and then one of the orange shade papers from the Basic Grey Marrakech Collection. The strip down the side is first Whisper White and then another pattern from the Marrakech collection. The little bird is from THIS Prima Crystal Collection and was adhered to the same DP that is down the side and then I cut around the rhinestones. I stamped the branch from Inkadinkado's Delicate Branch set using Always Artichoke ink and then added some shine using my green Copic Spica glitter pen. The ribbon is by May Arts and can be found HERE. I added a flower from the same Prima Crystal set as well as the individual crystals on the bottom right and top left.

Here is a close up of this gorgeous EXTINCT creature ~Before you go, be sure to check out the girls creations (I am SURE they were not able to create such a gorgeous extinct bird card like me but who knows maybe they made a card with a NORMAL looking bird ~ whatever!!! LOLOLOL!!!) you will surely be inspired!!!

March 30, 2009

Good Morning!!!I have something new and fun for you today!!! My friend Rachel has recently re-opened her store, Hope Stamps Eternal, and asked if I would like to take part in a GRAND RE-OPENING BLOG HOP ~ of course I said yes!!! Rachel is giving a 10% discount on EVERYTHING in her store AND FREE shipping on orders over $50!!! At checkout, all you have to do is add code

GRANDRE10. This offer is only good until March 31st so you better hurry and place your order but wait, don't hurry off yet, read my next paragraph first!!!! LOL!!!

Now, before you place your order, what you need to do is go back to Rachel's blog to start, I'll wait here!!!

Still waiting........

Wow, you are SSSSLLLLOOOOWWWWW!!!!!

Hmmmm...maybe I should eat some LUNCH!!!!!

Oh HI, you're back!!!! OK good, now I can show you my cards and then after you suffer through my cards, details, silly comments, etc....I will let you know who's blog you will hop to next!!! If I told you now, you would have left without seeing my stuff that I really did spend a lot of time on and my feelings would be hurt SO, with that said, here are my cards AND details ~The base of this card is Baja Breeze with a mat of Basic Black and then Whisper White which has a bottom border punched using one of my Martha punches. I added THESE pink self adhesive rhinestones by Memory Box in the centers of all of the punched flowers. The DARLING cloud DP is by Bella Blvd. and can be found HERE! The pink gingham ribbon is from SU!

I stamped the darling Rock the Farm image from The Greeting Farm on Whisper White card stock using Basic Black ink. I then cut and embossed the image using my rectangle Nesties. I colored the image using a combination of Prismacolor Pencils and a blender pen and Pink Pirouette & Baja Breeze ink pads. I highlighted the bows, buttons, her cheeks and sleeves using THIS Stardust Clear glitter pen. Of course I added some more pink Memory Box rhinestones on her scarf and bows. I matted the image on Basic Black card stock and then using dimensionals to adhere her to the front of the card. Here is a picture of the inside ~

I know you all REALLY want to get going on your blog hopping so just hang tight for a minute and I'll hurry up and show you my second card!!!The layout of this card is based LOOSELY (I can't follow instructions) on Jen's SFYTT this week. The base of this card is Chocolate Chip card stock with a mat of Pink Pirouette and then THIS Bella Blvd DP called Little Buds. The decorative paper at the top is THIS Bella Blvd Stardust DP and was matted with Whisper White card stock. The ribbon is from May Arts.

The image is one of three images included in The Greeting Farm set called Miss Anya. This set is on backorder until late April but you can email Rachel at hopestampseternal@hotmail.com and reserve your set!!! I stamped the image on Whisper White using Basic Black ink. I colored using a combination of Prismacolor Pencils and a blender pen and Rose Red & Pink Pirouette ink pads. I also paper pieced the purse, tops of her socks and her headband. Were you thinking I forgot to add bling and glitter??? You know that would NEVER happen so I added some more of the Pink Memory Box rhinestones (there are TONS in the package so don't worry, I have plenty left over!!! LOL!!!) on her hair ties and boots. I also highlighted a little glitter on the flower, purse, her top, using the clear Stardust glitter pen. The image was matted with Chocolate Chip card stock and then mounted on the card using dimensionals. The final step was to stamp the Fabulous Friend sentiment (new SU! set that will be coming out next month) on Whisper White using Chocolate Chip ink and punched using my small oval punch. I also stamped the sentiment again, using Chocolate Chip ink, on the decorative Bella Blvd Stardust paper and then lined up the small oval punched sentiment on top and then punched them both out using my large oval punch. I then stamped the flower portion of the sentiment on THIS Belle Blvd DP, cut the flower out, added a Pink rhinestone and mounted on top of the first stamped flower using a dimensional.

Now, from my blog, you need to go to Jessica's blog ~ Shamrocks and Seashells (what a great name huh???) and from Jessica's blog you will get your next mission ~ should you decide to accept it!!! LOL!!! I also want to mention that one of the blogs along your travels will choose a random winner of a 6x6 Basic Grey paper pad (winner's choice) from the comments left so you might want to leave a comment, maybe it will be me!!

Have a great day and be back here tomorrow as I will have some new stuff to show you!!! Thank you for stopping by!

March 26, 2009

Good Morning!In case you haven't seen this already, I want to tell you about Jen Tapler's Blog Candy. She is doing a fundraiser/blog candy challenge to raise money for a WONDERFUL cause, Alzheimers. You can read all about it HERE!

I made this card for Sunday's featured stamper ~ Beate! I know, it is Thursday but you know it takes me a while to finish a card!!! LOL!!! The darling card of Beate's that I cased is HERE! Of course it was VERY difficult to choose because her gallery is just amazing! Here is my card ~The base of this card is Baja Breeze with a mat of Kraft and then Chocolate Chip card stock. The floral decorative paper is my new favorite paper from SU! called Parisian Breeze. I LOVE the colors and patterns included in this collection. The little clear rhinestones are by Martha Stewart which I got at Walmart.

The side rectangle pieces are, from the bottom up, Baja Breeze CS which was cut using my rectangle scallop Nestie, Chocolate Chip CS which was pierced around the edges using a paper piercer and mat pack and then on the top, Kraft CS that was run through my Cuttlebug using my Swiss Dots embossing folder and then cut out using a rectangle Nestie. The ribbon is white Taffeta and my knot was tied on a silver flower buckle by SU!

The sentiment is from Verve's Floral Symphony stamp set and was stamped directly on the DP using Chocolate Chip ink and then cut out using my oval Nesties. I then matted it with Chocolate Chip CS and then another pattern from the Parisian Breeze collection which was cut using the scalloped oval Nesties. This was mounted using dimensionals. The darling butterfly, which is from Verve's Beautiful Kindness stamp set, was stamped on a polka dot pattern from the same DP collection using my Versamark and then heat embossed using Dark Brown embossing powder. I then cut it out and mounted it on the oval using dimensionals.

Before I go, I wanted to mention ~ just in case you
care!! LOL!!! ~ when I buy my rubber stamps (if they are offered as
mounted, unmounted with cling or just the rubber) like from Whipper
Snapper for instance, I buy them unmounted and no cushion either ~ just
the rubber. It is cheaper to buy them this way and for me, they
stamp perfectly!!! I use some adhesive and stick them on my acrylic
block and stamp away!!! LOL!!!

March 25, 2009

Hi!Today, you are in luck!!! I have to go get my kids and go to the DREADED mall after so you won't have to hear my stories today!!! LOL!!! There is ALWAYS tomorrow though!!! I will make this post a quick one!!! I made this card for a friend of mine that is having some health issues...The layout is from today's SCS Sketch Challenge ~
The base is Baja Breeze CS with a mat of Chocolate Chip, then Kraft and then Chocolate Chip again. I punched the borders of the upper 2 Kraft and Chocolate Chip pieces using my wavy pierced EK Success border punch. The floral DP piece is from SU!'s Parisian Breeze collection and is matted on the Chocolate Chip piece that has the wavy border. The next decorative piece is from the same collection and was matted using Whisper White CS. The sentiment is a SU! rub on and was put on a Spellbinders label holder. I added Chocolate Chip grosgrain and a knot of Whisper White taffeta. I did add a couple MS small butterflies that I punched from Baja Breeze CS and added some shine using my Copic Spica Clear glitter pen. The image is from Whipper Snapper (after I get my kids, I will link this image) and was stamped on Whisper White using Chocolate Chip CS. I colored using Prismacolor pencils, popped up the flower and matted on Baja Breeze CS.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!!! Have a great day!

March 24, 2009

Another Tuesday, another Jbelle challenge, another week I am LATE!!!! I swear, the days go by so quickly, I can't seem to find enough time to get everything done that I need to!!! I'm sure there are a COUPLE people that have the same problem!!! LOL!!! Anyway, our challenge this week is to make a Spring card and add rub ons for bonus points!!! LOL!!! My card isn't REALLY Springy but picture this ~ you are driving through the country with your windows down, enjoying the clean, fresh Spring air and then you hit a cow!!!! LMBO!!!! I crack myself up!!! Really, what I was getting at is that Spring is a perfect time to go WINE TASTING!!! For me, drinking a beer, right out of the bottle while mowing the lawn is about as far as I get to go drinking somewhere BUT, it works for me!!! I get my lawn mowed and have a good time while doing it!!! LOL!!! Our lawn is pretty big so it is definitely NOT a 1 beer event....oh, I got off track...we were talking about wine tasting!!! Once you see my card, you will realize that I don't drink wine because the wine in the wine glass looks more like beer!!! I used the wrong color pencil....oh well, you'll get the idea!!!The layout is based LOOSELY on this weeks sketch challenge at CPS. The base is Eggplant Envy with a mat of green Laura Ashley paper that I have had for AGES!!!! I cut the bottom of the green using THIS Pierceabilities die and also cut a small piece of Basic Black using the same die so I could layer them. The lavender rhinestones are from Kaiser. The next layers are first Basic Black, the same Laura Ashley green and then the decorative vellum which is also by Laura Ashley. I rounded the top right corner but left the black to stick out. The 2 strips down the left side are just narrow strips of Basic Black card stock and then the bottom tab is first the decorative green and then a strip of Basic Black. I rounded the end using my corner rounder and then added a knot of narrow black organdy.

The image is by Inkadinkado and is currently out of stock but if you would like Lindsey to order it for you, just email her at jacksonbelle@hotmail.com! I stamped it on Shimmery White card stock using Basic Black ink. I stamped it again on the same CS, cut out portions of the grapes & the leaf and colored using my Prismacolor Pencils. Before I mounted the popped up images, I added the corner rub on by Daisy D's. The collection I got it from is called PhotoAccents and can be found HERE! Lindsey has a bunch of Daisy D stuff and it is all marked down REALLY low. You can check it out HERE! After I added the rub on, I mounted the 3-d grapes and leaf using dimensionals. I then added some Gold Shimmerz to the Beer, oh I mean Wine, in the glass. I also added a little rub on to the top right and a lavender rhinestone as well. Here is a closer look at the grapes and leaf ~

Want to play along? If so, please add JBE044 to the keyword section when uploading to SCS. Be sure to check out the girls creations on their blogs below!

March 23, 2009

Hello!Hope you are having a great day!! I had a few minutes this morning and was able to work on a card for today's Mojo Monday sketch! Here is my card ~First off, let me apologize for using pink and brown AGAIN but I really wanted to use this SEI butterfly paper and unfortunately, it only comes in pink and brown!!! LOL!! I promise that tomorrow's card will be different colors!!! The base of this card is Pink Pirouette with a mat of Chocolate Chip and then Whisper White card stock. I punched a separate piece of Whisper White card stock with my MS Scalloped Lace border punch and adhered it to the back of the decorative paper. I then matted these with Chocolate Chip card stock. The flower pot, from THIS Miracles Blossom Set, was stamped on a scrap piece of Pink Pirouette card stock using Chocolate Chip ink and was then cut out. I stamped it again on Chocolate Chip card stock and cut out just the top of the flower pot and then glued it on the first stamped pot using my Quickie glue pen. I stamped the stems from THIS Floral Symphonystamp set directly on the Whisper White rectangle piece using Always Artichoke ink. I stamped the flowers from the same Miracles Blossom set using Chocolate Chip ink on a scrap of Whisper White card stock and then cut them out, colored them using a blender pen & Pink Pirouette ink pad, added Opal Shimmerz and then mounted them using pop dots. I added some Kaiser Craft rhinestones to the centers of the flowers as well, matted the image piece with first Chocolate Chip card stock and then Pink Pirouette.

I then ran the Chocolate Chip grosgrain under the flower pot, tied a little knot to the side and then add the same Kaiser rhinestones to each scallop. For the MS butterfly, I punched one from vellum card stock and another from Chocolate Chip card stock, glued them together and added the rhinestones again. The final step was to stamp the sentiment, which is from Verve's Circular Sayings set, using Chocolate Chip ink.

Well, I have to take Joe to football practice so I better get moving! Thanks for stopping by and I'll "see" you back here tomorrow!

March 21, 2009

Good Morning!I have a busy day planned for today so I'll make this short!!! Yesterday, I received some BRAND NEW Serendipity Stamps in the mail so as usual, I couldn't wait to use them!!! I checked out today's inspiration challenge at SCS and found THIS little dress that I knew I had paper that would match it almost perfectly! I decided to use THIS Barn Owl stamp from Serendipity ~
I stamped the image on Cryogen White card stock using Chocolate Chip ink, cut it and embossed the edges using my rectangle Nesties, left the die on the cut image and then colored using my Prismacolor pencils. I matted the image using Chocolate Chip card stock.

The base of my card is Cryogen White with a mat of Chocolate Chip and then another mat of Cryogen White which I punched the edge using my EK Success border punch. The decorative paper is by Websters Pages in which I pierced around the entire piece using my mat pack. I added pewter square brads from THIS We R Memory Keepers hardware set (which is on SALE!!) on the bottom right. I then added the image using dimensionals and a bow using THIS May Arts Twinkle ribbon.

Here is a close up of the BEAUTIFUL Owl image ~Well, that's it!! Hope you have a great weekend!!! Oh, don't forget that Lindsey has the BRAND NEW Shimmerz in stock and she has lots of great stuff on sale!!! You can see it all HERE!

March 19, 2009

Good Morning!I KNOW I have told you how much I love my new Verve stamps so since I have ALREADY told you, I won't mention it again today because I wouldn't want to appear as though I am a NAG!!! LOL!!! So, with that said, here is my card I made using my new Verve stamp set called ~ Everlasting Life ~Now is the time that I would USUALLY tell you how much I LOVE my card but I won't do that because then you might think I was trying to tell you AGAIN how much I love my new Verve stamps!!! So, instead I will tell you how I made my card! LOL!!!

The base is Very Vanilla and is 4 1/4" square. I sponged the edges using Creamy Carmel ink and then a little Chocolate Chip. It actually looks much nicer in real life ~ REALLY!!!! LOL!!! The next mat is Chocolate Chip card stock and then a light brown piece of DP from Basic Grey's Bittersweet Collection. The next layers are again Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Square Scalloped Chocolate Chip, Vanilla, decorative filigree piece and then Vellum card stock. The way I did the vellum was to stamp the Cross image on the vellum using Chocolate Chip ink, let it dry and then used my Chocolate Chip marker to color in the back of the upper swirl so it would be even. I did it on the back because I wanted to add Gold glitter from my Copic Spica glitter pen. I stamped the Cross on Vanilla card stock, cut it out and mounted it under the vellum Cross. The way I did the filigree square is to heat emboss the filigree from my Grateful Elegance set using Vanilla EP. I then used my Square Nesties to cut the square out and emboss a frame around the filigree. The final step was to sponge first Creamy Caramel and then Chocolate Chip ink. I wanted it to look like there was light behind the Cross. Here is a close up of the glitter on the Cross ~

I used my ticket corner punch on the top 2 corners and, added a couple of Bronze rhinestones from Kaiser Craft and added a knot of gold narrow organdy ribbon.

Here is a picture of the inside ~

I highlighted some of the words with the same gold glitter pen. Here is a closer look ~OK, so the picture isn't so great ~ you get the idea! Well, I'm off to a Dr. appointment! Hope you all have a great day!

March 18, 2009

Hi!Finally, we are going to see the SUN (I think that is what it is called) today!!! It has been at least 5 days since we have seen the sun and boy have I missed it! The downside to the sun coming out is that the grass will start growing immediately and that means I will have to start mowing again.....oh well, I'd rather have the sun than rain!!! I need to get outside and take advantage of it!!!

I made a quick card this morning based on today's sketch challenge at SCS ~The base of this card is Basic Black with a mat of Whisper White which I punched the bottom of using my SU! scallop border punch. The strips alternate between Real Red and Imaginisce Twitterpated DP. The ribbon is from May Arts and can be found HERE!

I stamped the Whipper Snapper Sorry Pup image on Whisper White using Basic Black ink. I stamped it again so I could cut the dog bowl out and pop it up. Here is a close up of that ~

I cut the top of the image "out of the box" so it wouldn't block the DP completely. I then matted the image with Basic Black card stock. I colored using my Prismacolor Pencils and added clear rhinestones to the centers of the flowers, Black Copic Spica glitter pen on the dog nose and lady bug and Angel Wings Shimmerz, which can be found HERE and is on sale, to the flower petals. To change the sentiment on the sign, I used my Chocolate Chip marker and just colored the sign, not the sentiment and stamped on a scrap of white card stock. I then stamped my sentiment, from Verve's Circular Sayings set, using Basic Black ink, colored using my Prismacolor pencils, and then mounted it above the dog using dimensionals.

Hope you all have a great day and I'll be back tomorrow to show you a BEAUTIFUL Easter card I made using THIS Verve set!!!